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What happened in Texas is only one detail of the unsung political phenomenon of 1956: the widespread realization that Richard Milhous Nixon is a prime national asset to the Republican Party, not only because of his political skill but also because of his genuine appeal to the U.S. electorate. By Nov. 6 the young (43) Vice President will have traveled 42,000 miles by airplane, train and car, will have made more than 150 campaign speeches in 36 states.* He has been a field strategist as well as a campaigner, firing back his analysis of what other G.O.P. campaigners...
...dominated by Australian men and U.S. women. Egypt's Jaroslav Drobny, 1954 champion, was beaten by an Indian with a rapier backhand called Ramanathan Krishnan. Ashley Cooper, the 19-year-old Australian whiz, beat third-seeded Sven Davidson of Sweden, and then Cooper himself was outlasted by unsung Allen Morris, onetime Georgia Tech footballer. Elegant Budge Patty, 1950 champion and seeded fourth, was ousted by Britain's hard-hitting but erratic 20-year-old Bobby Wilson. Luis Ayala of Chile downed Denmark's high-spirited Kurt Nielsen, who reached the finals in 1955. Althea Gibson, the American...
...ghost of football season's past returns to Boston this afternoon when the Boston Tobacco Table--a group of tobacco business men in the local area--present their annual award to the unsung football hero of the 1955 season...
...Bisons' two outstanding linemen are right tackle Ralph Riker whom Law rence calls his "hustlingest lineman," and center George Wolfe, named "unsung hero" for his work in the Bison's 38-0 defeat of Temple tow weeks...
Crimson tackle John Maher was among those players nominated for "unsung hero" honors by the Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association for his play in last Saturday's Cornell game...